Beautiful Virginid fireball behind the clouds on 28 April at 23:50 UT

This Virginid fireball was spotted over Spain on 29 April at 1:50 local time (23:50 universal time on 28 April). The meteoroid entered the atmosphere at around 65.000 km/s. The event began at an altitude of about 80 km over the province of Almería, and ended at a height of 42 km over the province of Granada. It was recorded in the framework of the SMART Project (University of Huelva) by the meteor-observing stations located at the astronomical observatories of La Sagra (Granada), Sierra Nevada (Granada) and Sevilla.

About The Author

PhD in Astrophysics and PhD in Chemistry. I currently work as a Professor at the University of Huelva (Spain). I am the coordinator of the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN), which operates in Spain and neighbouring areas (www.swemn.org). I am running the SMART Project (Spectroscopy of Meteoroids in the Atmosphere by means of Robotic Technologies). In the framework of this survey I currently operate over 80 high-sensitivity video cameras and spectrographs from 10 different observatories, together with two systems for the detection of radio meteors.
I also conduct the MIDAS Project (Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System) together with the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA), to detect and analyze impact flashes produced by meteoroids that hit the lunar surface.